Lawyer Ex Machina #6: The Dog Days of Summer
A fairly new paper on SSRN by Frank Pasquale and Gianclaudio Malgieri "proposes a system of 'unlawfulness by default' for AI systems," where the burden of proof may be on "some AI developers ... to demonstrate that their technology is not discriminatory, not manipulative, not unfair, not inaccurate, and not illegitimate in its legal bases and purposes."
FYI, if you're interested in legal scholarship that focuses on artificial intelligence, there is a AI Law Blog that tracks such papers, run by Frank Fagan, an Associate Professor of Law and Scientific Director of the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute.
The Congressional Research Service released a 2-part report last month on the existing regulatory frameworks for stablecoins and proposals for regulatory options.
As a result of a FOIA lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the Dept. of Homeland Security released records that reveal a "shocking amount" of location data was purchased by the agencies to track users without a subpeona or warrant. [Wired | Politico]
"Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL stripping." [gHacks]
Oregon is the fifth state to approve a licensed paraprofessional program that would allow these licensees to provide limited legal services.
California State Bar leaders are lobbying to soften a funding bill in the legislature that would force it to scrap initiatives to license paraprofessionals for limited legal services and to create a regulatory sandbox for non-lawyer-owned firms to offer legal services.
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing called "Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government's Access to Your Personal Data." Video, supporting docs and written testimony here.